Rebecca Hartman, MD MPH

Rebecca Hartman, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Dermatology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and Chief of the Dermatology Section at VA Boston Healthcare System. She received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she was a Gamble Scholar, completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and residency in Dermatology at the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Program in Boston where she served as Chief Resident. She also earned her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health with a concentration in health policy. Her clinical practice is focused on melanoma and general dermatology while her research interests are in skin cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Dr. Hartman has authored or coauthored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles that have been published in journals such as the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, JAMA Dermatology, and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, in addition to reviews, book chapters, and meeting abstracts. She currently receives research funding from the VA and the Henry Jackson Foundation and has previously received research funding from the Department of Defense, Melanoma Research Foundation, and American Skin Association. She also has led multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials of novel devices for skin cancer detection. She is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and National Association of VA Dermatologists and serves on the Melanoma Research Foundation Board of Directors, the VHA DermatologyField Advisory Board, and the VHA Skin Cancer Clinical Pathways Committee.